2024-04-22 SPI Convention Centre

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American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla — **American Redstart**
*(Setophaga ruticilla)*

**Description:**
American Redstarts are a delight to observe, as they bounce through branches and leaves, or on the ground, flicking their wings to startle small winged prey into movements, then snatch them to swallow.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 16:01

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** AmericanRedstart_Z9X2288_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **American Redstart**
*(Setophaga ruticilla)*

**Description:**
American Redstarts are a delight to observe, as they bounce through branches and leaves, or on the ground, flicking their wings to startle small winged prey into movements, then snatch them to swallow.
Read More

**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 16:01

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** AmericanRedstart_Z9X2288_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata auduboni — **Yellow-Rumped Warbler**
*(Setophaga coronata auduboni)*

**Description:**
Yellow-Rumped Warblers come in two flavors. Myrtle Warblers (more common in the eastern USA) and Audubon’s Warblers (more common in the west). This Audubon’s Warbler is uncommon here in Texas.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 15:42

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** AudubonsWarbler_Z9X2168_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-and-White Warbler - Mniotilta varia — **Black-and-White Warbler**
*(Mniotilta varia)*

**Description:**
On all my past visits to South Padre Island, Black-and-White Warblers were the easiest warblers of all to find. Not true for this 2024 spring visit.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 15:56

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** BlackWhiteWarbler_Z9X2278_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Chuck-Will’s-Widow - Antrostomus carolinensis — **Chuck-Will’s-Widow**
*(Antrostomus carolinensis)*

**Description:**
I would not have found this Chuck Will’s Widow had it not been for the kindness of a stranger pointing it out to me.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 12:38

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/30

**File Name:** ChuckWillsWidow_Z9X1964_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Dickcissel - Spiza americana — **Dickcissel**
*(Spiza americana)*

**Description:**
As Dickcissels pass through southern Texas, most of them will end up spending the summer in the midwestern USA.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 12:44

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** Dickcissel_Z9X2075_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus — **Eastern Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus tyrannus)*

**Description:**
For most Eastern Kingbirds, their journeys will carry them beyond Texas. Some of them will even reach well into Canada.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 16:47

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** EasternKingbird_Z9X2803_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Gray-Cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus — **Gray-Cheeked Thrush**
*(Catharus minimus)*

**Description:**
Gray-Cheeked Thrushes found in Texas have a long journey ahead. They breed in northern Canada and Alaska.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 12:43

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100

**File Name:** GrayCheekedThrush_Z9X2043_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina — **Hooded Warbler**
*(Setophaga citrina)*

**Description:**
Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 17:26

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** HoodedWarblerImm_Z9X3257_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea — **Indigo Bunting**
*(Passerina cyanea)*

**Description:**
Indigo Bunting males are exceptionally beautiful. They dazzle us with their iridescent deep blue colors that sparkle in sunlight. As with many birds, the girls are more subtle, and beautiful in their own way.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 17:38

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** IndigoBuntingF_Z9X3362_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus — **Lark Sparrow**
*(Chondestes grammacus)*

**Description:**
These Lark Sparrows could be migrating, but some will stay year round in south Texas.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 15:45

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** LarkSparrow_Z9X2227_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla — **Ovenbird**
*(Seiurus aurocapilla)*

**Description:**
Ovenbirds may sing from high perches when they reach their Canadian breeding grounds, but when they pass through south Texas, they seem to prefer the ground.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 16:22

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

**File Name:** Ovenbird_Z9X2485_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus — **Rose-Breasted Grosbeak**
*(Pheucticus ludovicianus)*

**Description:**
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak males are exceptionally beautiful. As with many birds, the girls are more subtle, and beautiful in their own way.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 16:44

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** RoseBreastedGrosbeak_Z9X2731_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea — **Scarlet Tanager**
*(Piranga olivacea)*

**Description:**
Scarlet Tanagers are one of the more brilliantly adorned birds. When I first spotted this bird from long distance, I mistook it for a Vermilion Flycatcher. Both are bright red birds with dark wings.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 17:21

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200

**File Name:** ScarletTanager_Z9X3109_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra — **Summer Tanager**
*(Piranga rubra)*

**Description:**
Summer Tanagers can show quite a variety of plumages, sometimes making for a challenging identification.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 17:18

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** SummerTanager_Z9X2958_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Veery - Catharus fuscescens — **Veery**
*(Catharus fuscescens)*

**Description:**
This Veery passing through Texas, will find its way to the northern USA and Southern Canada and raise the next generation there.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 12:42

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320

**File Name:** Veery_Z9X2015_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina — **Wood Thrush**
*(Hylocichla mustelina)*

**Description:**
Wood Thrushes here on South Padre Island have only a little further to travel before finding their summer homes in the American southeast.
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**Date Taken:** 2024:04:22 17:08

**Location:**

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
3.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** WoodThrush_Z9X2879_SPI-ConventionCentre

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

American Redstarts are a delight to observe, as they bounce through branches and leaves, or on the ground, flicking their wings to startle small winged prey into movements, then snatch them to swallow.

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata auduboni

Yellow-Rumped Warblers come in two flavors. Myrtle Warblers (more common in the eastern USA) and Audubon’s Warblers (more common in the west). This Audubon’s Warbler is uncommon here in Texas.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata auduboni

Yellow-Rumped Warblers come in two flavors. Myrtle Warblers (more common in the eastern USA) and Audubon’s Warblers (more common in the west). This Audubon’s Warbler is uncommon here in Texas.

Black-and-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

On all my past visits to South Padre Island, Black-and-White Warblers were the easiest warblers of all to find. Not true for this 2024 spring visit.

Chuck-Will’s-Widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

I would not have found this Chuck Will’s Widow had it not been for the kindness of a stranger pointing it out to me.

Dickcissel

Spiza americana

As Dickcissels pass through southern Texas, most of them will end up spending the summer in the midwestern USA.

Dickcissel

Spiza americana

As Dickcissels pass through southern Texas, most of them will end up spending the summer in the midwestern USA.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

For most Eastern Kingbirds, their journeys will carry them beyond Texas. Some of them will even reach well into Canada.

Gray-Cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimus

Gray-Cheeked Thrushes found in Texas have a long journey ahead. They breed in northern Canada and Alaska.

Gray-Cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimus

Gray-Cheeked Thrushes found in Texas have a long journey ahead. They breed in northern Canada and Alaska.

Gray-Cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimus

Gray-Cheeked Thrushes found in Texas have a long journey ahead. They breed in northern Canada and Alaska.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them.

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Indigo Bunting males are exceptionally beautiful. They dazzle us with their iridescent deep blue colors that sparkle in sunlight. As with many birds, the girls are more subtle, and beautiful in their own way.

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Lark Sparrow

Chondestes grammacus

These Lark Sparrows could be migrating, but some will stay year round in south Texas.

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbirds may sing from high perches when they reach their Canadian breeding grounds, but when they pass through south Texas, they seem to prefer the ground.

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbirds may sing from high perches when they reach their Canadian breeding grounds, but when they pass through south Texas, they seem to prefer the ground.

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbirds may sing from high perches when they reach their Canadian breeding grounds, but when they pass through south Texas, they seem to prefer the ground.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak males are exceptionally beautiful. As with many birds, the girls are more subtle, and beautiful in their own way.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak males are exceptionally beautiful. As with many birds, the girls are more subtle, and beautiful in their own way.

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Scarlet Tanagers are one of the more brilliantly adorned birds. When I first spotted this bird from long distance, I mistook it for a Vermilion Flycatcher. Both are bright red birds with dark wings.

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Scarlet Tanagers are one of the more brilliantly adorned birds. When I first spotted this bird from long distance, I mistook it for a Vermilion Flycatcher. Both are bright red birds with dark wings.

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Scarlet Tanagers are one of the more brilliantly adorned birds. When I first spotted this bird from long distance, I mistook it for a Vermilion Flycatcher. Both are bright red birds with dark wings.

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Summer Tanagers can show quite a variety of plumages, sometimes making for a challenging identification.

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Summer Tanagers can show quite a variety of plumages, sometimes making for a challenging identification.

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

This Veery passing through Texas, will find its way to the northern USA and Southern Canada and raise the next generation there.

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

This Veery passing through Texas, will find its way to the northern USA and Southern Canada and raise the next generation there.

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Wood Thrushes here on South Padre Island have only a little further to travel before finding their summer homes in the American southeast.

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